I thought about this 2010 column today as we debated whether to put up our flag and decided yes — because, as I wrote here, "it's sometimes hard to love this country as it is, but it's easy to love it for what it aims to be." web.archive.org/web/20100706...
There are never more than two flags flying on my block on patriotic holidays, and it breaks my heart. Isn't it time for liberals to embrace the flag?
